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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Deeply indented at the upper opening of the canal.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last quarter-12th C., first half
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Theodore
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 437
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 13
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Nicolas, dans son attitude habituelle; dans le champ, de part et d'autre de l'effigie, épigraphe en colonnes.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Metrical legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 13
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; avant le début de la légende, sur une même ligne, une croisette.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a<(Ὁ ἃγιος)> Νηκό bλαος
    rev
    1+Γραφ(ὰς)
    2σφραγί<ζ(ω)>
    3(καὶ) λόγ(ους) Θε-
    4οδώρου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Νηκόλαος. / +Γραφὰς σφραγίζω καὶ λόγους Θεοδώρου.

    Saint Nicholas. / I seal the writings and words of Theodore.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes